The Dark Knight - read the critic now
In a nutshell: Joker is back for another round again the Dark Knight aka the Batman. This time the battle is just about Gotham’s souls – a bit long but good 
The story: Joker is back in Gotham city, regrouping his paladins to strike back. This time he is up not only against Bruce Wayne, Batman’s high society alter ego but also the Head of the Gotham Police Department Commissioner Gordon and the city’s newest hero district attorney Harvey Dent. As the battle heats up as both sides figure out things are different then they seem to be…
Flickcritique says: The movie is good but way too long. Heath Ledger aka The Joker is amazing. No doubt it is the role of his life. I am truly sad, he is not going to act again 
The rest, Christian Bale aka Batman, Maggie Gyllenhaal aka Rachel Dawes (Batman’s ex), Aaron Eckhart aka Harvey Dent (Gotham’s district attorney) they are all okay but never even close to what Ledger managed to achieve. The beginning is too long and I felt like this movie has been stretched purely for the purpose of making it longer but every time I saw Joker’s mimics I was kinda okay with it 
Conclusion: Watch it, it’s good
Best movie quote [by Joker]: “Why so serious?”
Watch it if you liked: Batman Begins (2005), Spider Man 3 (2007), The Incredible Hulk (2008), basically any super hero movie
Some really cool Gotham city sites, you might want to have a look on:
- http://thegothamtimes.com/ - Gotham city newspaper site
- http://thehahahatimes.com/ - hacked-by-the-Joker version of the site
- http://wearetheanswer.org/ - an initiative of the people of Gotham city, aiming to improve the security situation
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Iron Man - a bit boring
In a nutshell: A traumatizing near death experience turns an arrogant, super rich fella into an advocate for peace/Mr. nice guy. Unfortunately before starting his charity activities, first he’s got to build a super-armored, armed, flight suite and fight his evil business associate. Nice CGI, however way too little action for a Marvel comic adaptation
The story: Tony Stark, multimillionaire tycoon/brilliant engineer/jerk/playboy gets hurt during field testing of a new weapon for the US Army. Even worse, he gets kidnapped by cave living terrorists, who want to make him build a weapon. In order to escape he secretly builds an armored combat suite prototype in captivity. The design is so promising, he keeps improving it even after being rescued. Big surprise, the improved suite comes handy when Tony’s business associate decides to do what ever is needed to stop him from changing his life and the objectives of their war profiting syndicate.
Flickcritique says: It’s not happening frequently that I fall asleep watching “an action” movie but I did watching this one. I had a quick nap, somewhere in the middle of the long conversations Don’t get me wrong, Robert Downey Jr. does a great job and Gwyneth Paltrow’s poor performance is being well compensated by (too) few super hot scenes with Leslie Bibb. I even liked the movie but there is just not enough action for a Marvel adaptation. Despite the eye candy and some good sense of humor I was a bit disappointed
Watch it if you liked: Spider-Man (2002), Hulk (2003), The Punisher (2004)